Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-16
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.

NORTHWESTERNN NEWS.
About $50 p. M, Wednesday Mrs.
Bertha Hegener shot John F. Murphy, on
Sibley ST., st. Paul, Mimi, the ball enter
ing his head producing a mortal wound
from which Murphy died at st. Joseph's
parties reside at Minneapolis Mrs.
Hegener is % years of age, wife of Charles
Hegener, a German barber of Minneapolis,
and Murphy had been in the husbands
employ, using the opportunity of his board
;$elope with him, and boosting of /: his
i intimacy with her ina manner Ito destroy
+ her hon OF. + His proposals were rejected
!, with Indignation, and upon: being reported
Ito Hegener he confronted Murphy, who in
writing retracted the miserable Statements
| he had made concerning the wife. This
i done, Murphy came to St Paul, and from
4 there wrote to lHegener's' brother-in-laW
affirming his original statement and
| saying that his retraction was false. At
this, the injured and frenzied woman
came to St Paul, found Murphy, and with
the result tated. III vs. 5S'as 4 I
Portions OF Dakota suffered severely
Y from prairie fires on the eth. The fire ran
up to the house of Ed ward Maloney, eight
miles from Huron the family consisting Of
/ zMhloney, his sister and Annie Murreen.;
1 In attempting to run to plowed ground not
/ far from the house all were oTertaken BY
1.-THE fire, Miss Murreen and Maloney lost
theirliYes, and Miss Maloney is likely to
7 die. TIE Maloney house and barn were
burned. In the same Sneighborhood two
t Washington Hill, several families los5 their
Iafesidence Northwest of Letcher eight
| farmers were burnt out with losses ranging;
/: from $500 TO So 600, and "a young man:
named Dexter lost his life BY trying to save,
fcattle, which also burned. ItGyis reported
THAT the. fires burned off the south half Of
| Lake County, 5and IS farmers lost their.
houses, barns stock and grain. Near}Mad-
;isoIE itrances; Keller was burned to death
/ between his house and barn both being in
flames All over this region the wind was
BLOWN 40 miles an hour. s#sa {{::s:$
/ y. enator IL Dawes has notified the
tsserge ant5at:arms Of the Senate that the5s
/ committee OFT the%Senate committee on
Indian: affairs will be ready to start for tie
|: Northwest the latter part Of May. The sub
committee, which was appointed under a
resol tuition; offered by Sena tort Morgan in
the Senate ' during the last day ofthe
administration Of affairs by Indian agents;
on the northern bord Ell, .E especially the
conduct of Agent Sheehan at White Earth
agency in Minnesota The subcommittee
consists Of ;senators Dawes sabin and
Morgan. ssss, !: @ 8s3 Eg;:: n
=ass=: :1l nine q clock Tuesday gilt April
9TH fire from an Unknown cause broke out
in an tbuilding in the rear of the North.
western Hotel: at j anesville, MINI. IA high
/ wind va was prevailing which: swept across;
Main street and in, avery short time the
fire commune ted to the hotel and stores
destroying them like finder boxes. It.
spread across the street, taking two blocks
heavy loss. The: Naseca fre Il departing
swassnotified and i1nmediateIY respondeds
rendering efficient aid The post-office, Ar.
{ gus office and Jennison Bros bank are
me the buildings vi burned. The origin Of
the fire is not known. 5.5 :I*7
|.zs Waterfowl, D Il, was fthreatened
with disaster from prairie fire son the after!
noon Of the Stl,, and only BY tie: most
vigorous work Of the fremen and citizens
was the destroying torch STAYED. The
thermome sstood fat So degrees BY a.
/ prairie fire, set by azlocom otive sparks three
farmers IN Hanson county were burned out,
buildings, machinery, seed wheat, corn, hays
and nd ia onescase several head of live stock.
At Huron a. prairie fire ran into the fair.
Egrounds Destroying $1,000 worth Of build
ings High winds prevailed everywhere
At Aberd cen lit was 90 above zero during
the day #..Hs,- i ;is
About two t'' q months ago Henry Rem
Essen was brou ghtt to the .hospitalat st. Cloud
Mimi, for treat1n Of diseased bone iii .
his legs. Dr.tRamsey removed from each.
shin bone pieces four to. five inches long and
nearly an inch Soon after the oper
:at1on the. removed parts of the bone were
Ereplacedsby the shin bones from ia large
dog, which was killed for this purpose. Tie